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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
John Henry Newman
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John Henry Newman
Age: 89 †
Born: 1801
Born: February 21
Died: 1890
Died: August 11
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I toast the Pope, but I toast conscience first.
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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.
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How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?
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Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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God has created me to do Him some definite service He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another, I have my mission ... He has not created me for naught ... If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about.
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God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
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God has created me to do Him some definite service He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.
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There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Diviner feelings, kindred with the skies.
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
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Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.
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I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
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Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
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To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.
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The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
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From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
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A universityeducates the intellect to reason well in all matters, to reach out towards truth, and to grasp it.
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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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